Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023

Mike Gray · 08-23-2023, 03:10 PM

I think Paul Merolla’s post is right on the money. I’m a newbie to stock eliminator and haven’t made a single pass yet. I did race in super-street and super-gas for about 15yrs. A .90 car is an easier build than a class car and you can purchase 800hp crate motors for less than my stocker engine. But where is the challenge? It may be in the driving but a lot of us like the engineering/building side of challenge also. I sold my cars and took time off to raise my kids and now it’s time to go racing again. I’m retired and that’s probably we’re a lot of the new class racers will come from as they raid their 401K to build a competitive car. Sure it’s expensive but if thought out and done carefully the money invested won’t totally evaporate.
You guys make stock sound real hard but I’m planning to be legally under the index first time out. A front runner probably not, my goal was to keep the car legal and see how far I can push it even if it ruffles some feathers.

08-23-2023, 03:10 PM	#1
Mike Gray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 628 Likes: 318 Liked 705 Times in 204 Posts	Re: Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023 I think Paul Merolla’s post is right on the money. I’m a newbie to stock eliminator and haven’t made a single pass yet. I did race in super-street and super-gas for about 15yrs. A .90 car is an easier build than a class car and you can purchase 800hp crate motors for less than my stocker engine. But where is the challenge? It may be in the driving but a lot of us like the engineering/building side of challenge also. I sold my cars and took time off to raise my kids and now it’s time to go racing again. I’m retired and that’s probably we’re a lot of the new class racers will come from as they raid their 401K to build a competitive car. Sure it’s expensive but if thought out and done carefully the money invested won’t totally evaporate. You guys make stock sound real hard but I’m planning to be legally under the index first time out. A front runner probably not, my goal was to keep the car legal and see how far I can push it even if it ruffles some feathers. __________________ Mike 7570 A/SA Last edited by Mike Gray; 08-23-2023 at 03:14 PM.